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Humans have caused 1.5 °C of long-term global warming according to new estimates

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399 points gmays | 7 comments | 17 Nov 24 18:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source | bottom
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root_axis ◴[17 Nov 24 19:28 UTC] No.42166375[source]▶
Doesn't seem like there is any foreseeable future where climate change can be addressed. It's not just the leadership of the u.s, but the citizens themselves reject climate change as a real issue. Hopefully I'm just being pessemsitic.
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1. zo1 ◴[17 Nov 24 19:37 UTC] No.42166450[source]▶
No, I 100% blame politicians and the media. If this climate thing is such an issue as the "doomsayers" say it is, then we should be outright and immediately banning/dismantling and destroying infrastructure that causes it. But instead, we faff about with "carbon credits" and "media campaigns", and cause all sorts of divisive misinformation and "cover" for the worst offenders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Annual_C...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Annual_C...

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2. tuna74 ◴[17 Nov 24 19:41 UTC] No.42166491[source]▶
In democratic societies we get the politicians we vote for.
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3. croes ◴[17 Nov 24 20:00 UTC] No.42166657[source]▶
Try that a look who people vote.

People prefer the doctor who says smoking, drinking and no sports is ok over the ones who say you should stop smoldering and drinking and do more exercise.

4. sethammons ◴[17 Nov 24 20:02 UTC] No.42166682[source]▶
Four wolves and a sheep voting on what is for dinner
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5. kibwen ◴[17 Nov 24 20:22 UTC] No.42166861{3}[source]▶
Are you presuming the existence of some hypothetical political system that would prevent the wolves from eating the sheep?
6. timeon ◴[17 Nov 24 20:46 UTC] No.42167081{3}[source]▶
Can you be more specific?
7. Aachen ◴[17 Nov 24 21:13 UTC] No.42167328[source]▶
By people that aren't aware of the problem or their ability to collectively change it, sadly. Everyone I know wants to do right by them and theirs; climate change having a meaningful impact on those doesn't seem to be on most voter's radar somehow

I do kinda feel like a responsible leader, that should be elected anyway for reasons other than intended climate policy, should also have the guts to put a topic on the table that means scary change for a massive decrease in worldsuck on a timescale we're comfortable estimating the broad effects for